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margi cates's avatar

This was delightful!

I loved how you got into the nitty gritty, building blocks and story telling behind each production choice.

I’ve only heard strawberry letter 23, I might have to do deep dive on Shuggie Oatis now.

Can you elaborate on what you mean when you say “left of center R&B”? Untraditional? Not super commercial? Or is there a specific sound to it?

Thanks 😊

This was a wonderful way to start my morning.

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John Michael Rouchell's avatar

Thx for the kind words. Re: “left of center R&B”. You got it. I just mean “alternative” to the mainstream. Things that have a little bit of uniqueness/style that often pull from more obscure types of music (jazz/psychedelia/underground hiphop/indie/etc)

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Scott Williams's avatar

Loved this. And the drum machine intro def had me going straight to Aht Uh My Hed. YYR.

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John Michael Rouchell's avatar

I think you might’ve been the person to turn me onto Shuggie Otis back in the day. I might be tripping but I think it was you. Always grateful for you, man.

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Scott Williams's avatar

Have you done an Anatomy for any Shuggie yet? I always wondered what a serious music head/producer would think of the mathematics going on in the drumming on Inspiration Information. Cheers, brah.

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John Michael Rouchell's avatar

It’s in queue now! Love it.

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Scott Williams's avatar

Well that escalated quickly haha. Awesome. Looking forward to it. Big love.

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